724 Hapag

724 Hapag
Discovery [1]
Discovered byJ. Palisa
Discovery siteVienna Obs.
Discovery date21 October 1911
Designations
(724) Hapag
1911 NC, 1988 VG2
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc104.39 yr (38129 d)
Aphelion3.0675 AU (458.89 Gm)
Perihelion1.8441 AU (275.87 Gm)
2.4558 AU (367.38 Gm)
Eccentricity0.24908
3.85 yr (1405.7 d)
73.788°
0° 15m 21.96s / day
Inclination11.707°
204.27°
205.50°
Physical characteristics
3.1305 h (0.13044 d)[1][2]
13.9[1]

724 Hapag is a minor planet orbiting the Sun in the asteroid belt[3] that was found by Austrian astronomer Johann Palisa in 1911 and named after the German shipping company Hamburg America Line.[3] It was assigned a provisional name of 1911 NC, then became a lost asteroid until it was rediscovered in 1988 as 1988 VG2 by Tsutomu Hioki and N. Kawasato at Okutama, Japan.[4]

Photometric observations of this asteroid at the Organ Mesa Observatory in Las Cruces, New Mexico in 2011 gave a light curve with a period of 3.1305 ± 0.0001 hours and a brightness variation of 0.11 ± 0.01 in magnitude.[2]

  1. ^ a b c d Cite error: The named reference jpldata was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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  3. ^ a b Schmadel, Lutz D. (1997). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Science+Business Media. p. 70.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Nakano1988 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).